Dáil debates

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

3:35 pm

Photo of Gerry AdamsGerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise again with the Taoiseach the very grave threat that Brexit poses to the Good Friday Agreement. Last week, in a debate in the British Parliament on the Brexit Bill, the British Government, the Conservative Party, the Democratic Unionist Party, the Ulster Unionist Party and the United Kingdom Independence Party all voted down an amendment which would have blocked any changes to the Good Friday Agreement. This is clearly in breach of the assurances given by Prime Minister Theresa May to the Taoiseach. I understand that the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade will today meet the Secretary of State, James Brokenshire, who voted against protecting the Good Friday Agreement. I ask the Taoiseach to have his Minister tell the British representative that this is totally unacceptable to the Government. The Taoiseach should also revise his narrative on this issue and start fully and wholeheartedly protecting the integrity of the Agreement.

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